as far as I can tell, 3 out of 5 bands listed (so far) aren't as typical of what DW might usually get behind. That's not saying anything to the quality of the bands, but it's just stylistically disparate.

Ouch! Kind of a biting comment that you made, in the context of the discussion, no?

(1) Columbus is represented by music groups with styles A,B,C,D,E,F.(2) Group X heavily tends to only get get behind bands of styles A,B,C.(3) Group Y gets behind bands of styles A,B,C,D,E,F.(4) Group X criticizes Group Y for not being unrepresentative of Columbus.

as far as I can tell, 3 out of 5 bands listed (so far) aren't as typical of what DW might usually get behind. That's not saying anything to the quality of the bands, but it's just stylistically disparate.

Ouch! Kind of a biting comment that you made, in the context of the discussion, no?

(1) Columbus is represented by music groups with styles A,B,C,D,E,F.(2) Group X heavily tends to only get get behind bands of styles A,B,C.(3) Group Y gets behind bands of styles A,B,C,D,E,F.(4) Group X criticizes Group Y for not being unrepresentative of Columbus.

*smirk*

I see what you're trying to do there. My comment wasn't biting to anyone, at least insofar as the intent.

I'm not affiliated with DW, so I'm not biting the bands by saying they can't be a part of the club.And I'm not biting DW for being selective as to whom they choose to cover. You can't be pissed if HIT PARADER doesn't cover the new Bjork record. They have their thing, and that's fine. You know what you're in for if you pick up the mag. Same with RELIX and jam bands, or VICE and indie bands, or Pitchfork and...sigh....yeah, Pitchfork.

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I see what you're trying to do there. My comment wasn't biting to anyone, at least insofar as the intent.

I'm not affiliated with DW, so I'm not biting the bands by saying they can't be a part of the club.And I'm not biting DW for being selective as to whom they choose to cover. You can't be pissed if HIT PARADER doesn't cover the new Bjork record. They have their thing, and that's fine. You know what you're in for if you pick up the mag. Same with RELIX and jam bands, or VICE and indie bands, or Pitchfork and...sigh....yeah, Pitchfork.

Anyway...there wasn't anything harsh about it.

I think I was being pretty transparent, lol. I wasn't saying that YOUR intent was to be biting or critical. I was just saying in the context of the discussion, this is a really uncomfortable and harsh result to have someone say this. The fact that it's unintentional makes it all the more harsh (and relevant).

Incidentally the point wasn't that X should represent Y. The point was that your statement made it all the more apparent that some of the thread's criticisms about "representativity" should be taken less seriously. I apologize if you misinterpreted the exact tone - but I thought I was being pretty darn clear. My ultimate goal was to get people to back off what I took to be a surprisingly harsh (and big-picture, awkwardly presumptuous) set of criticisms. Given what I have heard recently about some rather nasty verbal assaults made against the project outside of DW, it seemed appropriate.

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I am actually digging this Columbus X Southwest idea. Although we aren't playing it's going to be awesome seeing some familiar faces down there. And watching Main Street Gospel TEAR DOWN THE HIZOUSE once again.